(IIRC that chain with a long spiky thing is also called a kusarigama by Hoten Ryu)

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Does anybody have any videos of "good" Kusarigama work? I can see a few on Youtube but I have no way of telling good technique from bad.

There are multitudinous and perhaps conflicting views on what constitutes "good" technique; if the question is one of efficacious person hurting, you might look at something like the Tendo Ryu and say "well, they maintain control of distance, can handle the weapon well and the kata is short and sweet", but it's still a kata and I can't help but think that the person with a tool that actually makes killing simple and easy would pose a conundrum for the aspiring Edo emo.